![]() Which only showed how desperate he must be to come to her. Jake had never been good at asking for help. The plea in his golden-brown eyes did her in. "Look, I don't have much time and I haven't slept all night." Then he lowered his head but lifted his gaze to her. ![]() He shifted, turned to glance around the tree-lined yard toward the house, the star emblem on his Texas Ranger badge flashing gold. Pushing away the dark memories surfacing in her mind, she asked, "What are you doing here, Jake? What do you mean?" Even though he lived and worked a few miles away in Tyler, Texas, she hadn't seen him or heard a word from him in over five years. ![]() "What?" Her pulse quickened, causing her to put down the rifle she had aimed at him and squint into the sun. Ella Terrell hushed her barking German shepherd and stared up at the tall man standing with his cowboy hat in his hand at the door of the barn. ![]()
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